Railway-joint



W. YOUNG.

RAILWAY JOINT. Awucmou FILED JAN- 24, 1920.

Patented Au 17,1920.

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attorney i,:i1 &

W. YOUNG.

- RAILWAY JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24. 1920.

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UNITED: STATES PATENT OFFICE] WILLIAM YOUNG, OEDETBOIT, MICHIGAN.

BAILWAYJOINT.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that .I, WILLIAMYoUNm-a citizen of theUnited States,residing at,De-' troit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan,have invented certain new ,and useful Improvements .in Railway-Joints,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway joints, and has for its object toprovidea joint improved in various respects as will more fully appearfrom the followingv description.

special feature of the joint'is that it eliminates the pounding ofwheels as they pass over the joint, the meeting ends of the rails beinghalved and lapped so that the ends are strengthened at the lap byembossed or thickened webs, giving a large amount of metal at the'joint,and making the joints as strong or stronger than the remainder of therail.

Furthermore, the lapped portions of the strengthened web are providedwith an interlocking tongue and groove which extends lengthwise betweenthe lapped ends, and prevents relative up and down movement of themeeting ends of the rails, and insures a smooth and even rail head, andprevents high or low rail ends.

I also provide a metal bridge piece which underlies the oints and whichthe bases of the rails are united to by interlocking joints, the bridgepiece having flanges with which the joint is engaged and which preventany lateral movement of the rail ends. With these parts are associatedfish plates or tie bars whichinterlock with the bridge piece and whichare recessed to receive the enlargements at the joint, and theconstruction is such that when the fish plates are flanges are drawninto a close engagement with grooves in the flanges of the bridge piece.These fish plates also cover or inclose the heads of the bolts whichconnect the ends of the rails, on one side, and on the other side thefish plate has recesses which receive the nuts of those bolts and act tolock the same.

Other features of novelty and improvement will be apparent'from thefollowing description and the accompanying drawings in which Figurejoint. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line3-3 of'Fig. 2. Fig. l is a perspective view of one of the fish platesremoved from the joint. Fig. is a perspective of the end of one of therails.

tightened their lower Specification of Letter s Patent.

1 is a top plan view of the Patented Aug. ,11920.

Application filed January 24, 1920. Serial No. 353,892.

7 Referring specifically to' the drawings 6 indicates the end of eachofthe rails. These ends are halved vertically and lapped, as indicatedat7, and the lappedpart of one .rail

has a longitudinal tongue 8, which fits in a corresponding groove ,9, inthe end of the other rail. beveral of these interlocking tongues andgrooves may be provided if desired. The endof each rail is enlarged or'thickened asiindicated at 10, this enlargement extending throughout thelapped part a of the rails and for several inches beyond, theenlargement being additional to or formed upon the web of the rail. Whenso lapped, the ends are connected by the track bolts 11, extendingthrough the thickened webs. The rail ends joined in the manner indicatedrest upon bridgeplate 12, which has a flange 13, standing at each sideedge, and the edges of the rail base abut sidewise against the lowerpart of these flanges. The

rails are further connected by fish plates or tie plates 14. The ends ofthese plates extend beyond the thickened parts 10, of the rails, and aresecured to the webs of the rails by bolts 15, and the tie plates arerecessed on the inner side as shown at 16, to receive and inclose orcover the enlargements 10, r

and the tie plates also have lower flanges 17 which extend outwardly anddownwardly and rest upon the rail bases, and the ,outer edges of theflanges 17 engage in grooves 18, formed on the inner side of the flanges13 on the bridge piece 12. The fish plate on one side incloses andcompletely covers the heads" of thecross bolts 11. The fish plate on theother side has squared holes 19, which receive the nuts 20 on said bolts11, and con:

sequently prevent the nuts from turning off except after removal of thefish plate.

' Furthermore, when the fish plates are applied and drawn up tight bythe bolts 15, by

their engagement in the grooves 18 act as levers or cams and create apressure downward on the bases of therails thereby clamping the latteragainst the bridge piece- 12, andpressing them downwardly, so to speak.This action is highly advantageous for ho ing the rail ends and bridgepiece together. The bridge piece will be spiked to the ties in the usualmanner, the spikes being preferably located at the ends of the bridgepiece, at recesses 21, formed for that purpose.

A joint so formed will be practically as strong and rigid as a solidrail, and will avoid the many disadvantages known to result from theordinary form of rail joints. By eliminating low and uneven joints trackspreading will be largely prevented, as it will prevent the side-sway orlurch which is I ends of the rails are bolted together by the inner setof bolts 11, and the ends are also connected by the fish plates and theouter set of bolts 15. l r

V I claim: a

1.. A rail joint, comprising rails having lapped and thickened endsfastened together, and fish-plates connecting the rails and recessed onthe inner side to inclose said thickened parts.

2. A rail joint comprising lapped rail ends bolted together, andfish-plates connecting the ends, one jof s'aiclplates being recessed toinclose the heads of the bolts and the other plate having openingsinclosing and locking the nuts on said bolts. 7

3. 'A rail joint comprising lapped and thickened rail ends boltedtogether, fishplates connecting the rails and inclosing the thickenedends thereof, and a base plate on which said endsrest and having edgeflanges in interlocking engagement with the lower edges of thefish-plates.

In testimony whereof, I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

V v WILLIAM YOUNG.

Witnesses: Y

' ANNA Osooon, InA HAGEN.

